The data also states that most collission that take place between 2:30 am to 4 am are due to drivers feeling sleepy.
Eighty-five per cent of the accidents on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway have occurred due to human error, reveals data till August 2014 compiled by the Highway Police. Also, most of the collisions that have taken place between 2.30 am and 4am have been due to the driver feeling sleepy.
As per the data for the period of January 2006 to August 2014, which is available with dna, there were a total of 14,186 accidents, of which 12,158 or 85.71% were due to human error, 2,019 or 14.23% were due to mechanical issues and just nine or 0.06% were due to factors involving neither human nor mechanical problems.
Of the 14,186 accidents that took place due to human error, 573 victims were in a critical state whereas 2,473 people received major injuries. A major chunk of the victims, 5,994 in number, suffered minor injuries.
The human errors that have been classified include a motorist ramming his car into a parked vehicle or the driver feeling sleepy, fatigue, overtaking or turning wrongly and the driver losing control of his vehicle or braking all of a sudden. The mechanical issues include tyre bursts, brake failures, a fire in the vehicle, cars skidding and mechanical faults in the vehicle. In the past, there have also been instances of animals coming on to the road, thus resulting in an accident, or even the presence of a boulder making the car go out of control — such reasons comprise mishaps happening due to other reasons.
"A majority of the accidents that have occurred around 3-4am are due to the driver feeling sleepy and losing control of the vehicle, therefore putting his and others' lives in danger. Due to tiredness and fatigue, the driver has decreased concentration on the road, which is dangerous. At such times, the driver is supposed to take a break," said a senior MSRDC official.
On December 23, 2012, a vehicle ferrying Marathi actors Anand Abhyandar and Uday Pendse met with an accident, killing both of them. This made the state authorities take up some quick measures, one of which was the putting up of Brifen wire ropes. But the state's political and bureaucratic brass immediately getting into action mode in 2012 now seems to be more of a knee-jerk reaction as several other measures announced at the time continue to remain on paper, with state officials dilly-dallying on the same and motorists continuing to lose their lives.
The measures announced then include wire ropes on the entire 94-km stretch of the Expressway, speed surveillance measures, hi-tech cameras, air ambulances, a trauma care centre, removing sharp curves, etc.
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